Dell Wonders

I stumbled upon fixing a dell Vostro 1400 notebook which the hard disk drive was spoiled by a cup a tea that fell on top the keyboard accidentally. Anyway, before, i got a new hard disk from a computer shop at Saberkas and came back to office to finish the job.

Although the hard disk had been replaced, the notebook detects the hard disk in BIOS system but contradictory as the Windows Setup was ran, the installation halted saying that there was no hard disk detected. Weird? Well, by then my assumption then change that.. the motherboard might have a problem. So how do I exactly know and to prove that assumption?

Went to google and type in the symptom problem just to find that Dell has a diagnostic tool that can do the job. As far as in my knowledge and experience, no other notebook brand has this kind of service which loads all the driver for a certain notebook to check the performance of every part although there are 3rd party programme that does the same but at another cost of licensing (unless your using the Caribbean version as my superiors called it :)).

Anyway, i was more amazed at the website as it was the interface is simple and standardize worldwide. Dell has a tag system for every notebook which simplifies the download of the drivers and utility in the case that u do not have the CD or an updated version of the driver. For info, a newer version of driver; most of the time simplifies the algorithm and make the computer performance better.

In repairing / reformatting computers, it makes me happy to find any other Dell notebook drivers without hassle. In fact, Dell website has the option to download all the drivers at once with one click. It consumes alot of time and selection headache just to download the drivers one by one.

In short, Dell in my point of view and experience has a good recommendation from my perspective and knowledge of fixing problem computers for my customers and friends.